Yᵉkonyâh — H3204

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jekonjah, a Jewish king

1. Jeconiah = "Jehovah will establish"
2. son of king Jehoiakim of Judah and king of Judah for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar and was taken captive to Babylon where he was imprisoned for the next 36 years; released at the death of Nebuchadnezzar and lived in Babylon until his death
1. primary spelling 'Jehoiachin'

Usually translated as

Jeconiah

Origin

and Yᵉkonyâhûw; or (Jeremiah 27:20) Yᵉkôwnᵉyâh; from H3559 and H3050; Jah will establish

• Derived from Kûwn (H3559)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Greek equivalents

• Iechonías (G2423)

Occurrences

Yᵉkonyâh occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2), Esther (1), Jeremiah (4)

• 1 Chronicles 3:16 — And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah (יְכָנְיָ֥ה) his son, Zedekiah his son.
• 1 Chronicles 3:17 — And the sons of Jeconiah (יְכָנְיָ֣ה); Assir, Salathiel his son,
• Esther 2:6 — Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah (יְכָנְיָ֣ה) king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
• Jeremiah 24:1 — The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah (יְכָנְיָ֣הוּ) the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
• Jeremiah 27:20 — Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah (יְכֹנְיָ֨ה) the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
• Jeremiah 28:4 — And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah (יְכָנְיָ֣ה) the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
• Jeremiah 29:2 — (After that Jeconiah (יְכָנְיָֽה) the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)